Handle



April 3 1945- P. w. JEsTER 2,372,954

HANDLE Filed .July 28, 194:5

Patented pr. 3, 1945 u HANDLE Perry W. Jester, Portland, Oreg.

Application July 28, 1943, Serial No. 496,436

1 Claim.

This invention relates generally to the culinary art, and particularly to handles for utensils.

The main object of this invention is to provide a highly eicient form of handle adapted to resist the flow of heat to the hand of the user.

The second object is to provide a handle construction in which is employed a relatively Weak material and which is a poor conductor of heat, in a manner that the resulting handle is exceedingly rigid and incapable of turning in its socket, and which will be practically scorch proof, and which cannot become too Warm to handle comfortably.

I accomplish these and other objects in the manner set forth in the following specification, as illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of a handle showing a portion of the skillet.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through a representative form of my improved handle.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of Fig. 2, taken along the line 3--3.

Fig. 4 is a section taken along the lines 4 4 in Fig.2.

Fig. 5-is a section taken along the line 5 5 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 .is a fragmentary development of the perforated core.

Similar numerals refer to throughout the several views.

Referring in detail to the drawing, there is shown a skillet I0 having the usual socket II into whose base I2 is threaded a rod I3 provided with a ring I4 useful for turning the rod I3 or hanging the skillet When not in use.

Handles for skillets are commonly made of Wood, but these char rapidly and deteriorate within the socket I I. The socket II is either made non-round as in the present illustrations, or provided with a key or lug t0 prevent the rotation of the handle therein.

similar parts (Cl. lil- 116) non-round, or by keying. The tube I6 extends to the end Washer II which contacts the ring I4. An enlarged washer I8 is preferably placed around the end of the socket l I to protect the end of the handle,

The handle IS itself consists of the fibers of sugar cane or other heat resisting material which is preferably molded to shape in a manner that the material will pass through the openings 20 in the tubular core I6, and support the relatively weak material in thehandle I9 upon the reinforcing core I6.

While I have thus' illustrated and described my device, it must be understood that I do not intend to limit myself to the precise form shown herein, but I do intend t0 cover all such forms and modifications thereof as fall fairly Within the appended claim.

I claim:

A handle consisting of a perforated polygonal tubular core, a hand engaging member of sugar cane fibre surrounding said core and extending through said perforations into the interior of said core and having a. central opening therethrough, a. polygonal Washer having a polygonal opening non-rotatably and slidably receiving one end of said core adapted to slidably fit into a socket mounted on a skillet, said socket means having a polygonal opening cooperating with the washer for preventing the relative rotation of said Washer and socket, an end Washer at the opposite end of said handle and a handle bolt extending through said end Washer and through said central opening having the threaded end of said bolt projecting beyond the socket end of said core.

PERRY W. JESTERr 

